• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.211-220
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• 2022

This study was conducted to understand the relationship between college students' motivation to choose a major and their intention to acquire a certificate. As a result of the study, only social motivation among the motives for choosing a major influenced the intention to obtain a certificate. Second, only social motivation influenced the perception of the value of using certificates. Third, in the relationship between the motivation for choosing a major and the intention to acquire a certificate, the perception of the value of using a certificate did not affect. Based on these research results, this study confirmed that in the case of departments related to health and medical fields, students with strong social motivation such as employment have a high willingness to obtain certificates.